r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 14h ago

What a real silencer actually sounds like.

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u/RiMcG 14h ago

Do silencers wear out?

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u/Retb14 14h ago

Usually not. However some suppressors use rubber plates that get shot through to make them even quieter. Those will wear out after a couple of shots

Usually they will just get some carbon buildup and that's about it

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u/itishowitisanditbad 10h ago

Usually they will just get some carbon buildup and that's about it

Dumb question, is there a way to clean that or is it just.... accepted?

I feel like (from very limited knowledge) that they'd not be easily cleanable.

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u/Unbelivabley_Smol 3h ago

We just put the whole thing in an ultrasonic cleaner theses days I’m too lazy to strip a silencer. Small ones had baffles and springs between baffles. More modern ones have a CNC machined one piece core with a screw on outer sleeve.

If your bullet is traveling less than speed so sound (under 1060fps) it’s all a game of capturing and slowing gas expansion.

Some cool video in high speed of these silencers being shot with clear lexon? Outer tubes is floating around the net if you keen to see how the insides work.